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You can always type what you’re looking for into the search bar. Certain searches may generate hundreds of results, so sometimes it will help to use quotation marks to help narrow down your results. For instance, searching for the phrase Black Liberation will generate all of our holdings that contain the words Black and Liberation, while searching for “Black Liberation” (in quotation marks) will only generate our records that have those two words next to each other.
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Interview with Huey Newton Interview with Huey Newton
Date: 8/11/1970Call Number: KP 020Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Elsa Knight ThompsonProgram: KPFA generalCollection: Huey Newton
This interview with Huey P. Newton took place shortly after the Marin county courthouse rebellion incident. It is the first press contact with Newton after his release from prison. Newton discusses how the Panther party looked to form alliances with the Vietnamese on an ideological level and speaks of common goals of oppressed people, with special attention to organizations like the Women's Liberation Front in the United States and homosexual rights advocates. This tape includes a brief discussion of the movement to decentralize the police in Berkeley, CA., and has a brief discussion of Eldridge Cleaver in exile and the expectations of the United Nations to return Cleaver to the U.S.
Contradictions Within the Black Panther Contradictions Within the Black Panther
Date: 9/17/1974Call Number: KP 031Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Bruce SolowayProgram: Contradictions Within the Black Panther PartyCollection: Black Panther Party general
The Black Panther Party Intercommunal Section in Algiers, demanding the expulsion of David Hilliard and criticizing Huey Newton. Released by the East Coast Ministry of Information in New York, March 4, 1971. Recorded in Algiers on videotape, February 28, 1971. This is basically a compilation of testimonials of high profile Panther Party members speaking on the contradictions within the party, namely the expulsion of certain members expelled because of their less than favorable public image or agenda. Judy Douglass declared insane by people in the central party. Everyone speaking here is calling for the expulsion of David Hilliard from his position as Chief of Staff for the Black Panther party. Also testimonials for reinstatement of New York Panther 21 and Geronimo.
Free Huey Newton Demonstration Free Huey Newton Demonstration
Date: 1/16/1968Call Number: CE 122Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Colin EdwardsCollection: Colin Edwards Collection
Interviews with activists and also Bobby Seale speaks. Interview with Eldridge Cleaver about police brutality in all communities and the need to mobilize to free Huey.
The Black Panther Black Community News Service The Black Panther Black Community News Service
Publisher: The Black Panther PartyYear: 1969Volume Number: Vol. 3-12 July 12Format: PeriodicalCollection: Black Panther Party Community News Service
Feature Story: Eldridge Cleaver- Somewhere in the Third World
The Black Panther Black Community News Service The Black Panther Black Community News Service
Publisher: The Black Panther PartyYear: 1970Volume Number: Vol. 5-7 August 15Format: PeriodicalCollection: Black Panther Party Community News Service
Cover Story: Revolutionary Suicide-- "That's Suicide Motivated by the Desire to Change the System, or Else Die Trying. To Change the Reactionary Conditions." Also, Minister Huey P. Newton, Back on the Streets with the People.
The Black Panther Black Community News Service The Black Panther Black Community News Service
Publisher: The Black Panther PartyYear: 1970Volume Number: Vol. 5-9 August 21Format: PeriodicalCollection: Black Panther Party Community News Service
Cover Story: The People of Winston-Salem Demand a Constitution That Guarantees the Right to Live. Also Inside: A Message from the Minister of Defense Huey P. Newton to the Revolutionary Government of South Vietnam, Jury to Reach Verdict in Lonnie McLucas Trial, 72 Year Old Man Murdered by Pigs in Winston-Salem, Open Letter from the Soledad 12.
The Black Panther Black Community News Service The Black Panther Black Community News Service
Publisher: The Black Panther PartyYear: 1970Volume Number: Vol. 5-11 September 12Format: PeriodicalCollection: Black Panther Party Community News Service
Cover Story: Huey's Message to The Revolutionary People's Constitutional Convention Plenary Session September 5, 1970 Philadelphia PA. Also Inside: Five Year Old Black Child Attacked by Maniac, The Tombs, N.Y., Harvey Nobles Murdered by Pigs, Brooklyn N.Y., Revolutionary People's Constitutional Convention
The Black Panther Black Community News Service The Black Panther Black Community News Service
Publisher: The Black Panther PartyYear: 1970Volume Number: Vol. 5-22 November 28Format: PeriodicalCollection: Black Panther Party Community News Service
Cover Story: Revolutionary People's Constitutional Convention, Howard University, Washington DC, November 27-29, 1970. Huey P. Newton, Minister of Defense Will Read the People's New Constitution.
The Black Panther Black Community News Service The Black Panther Black Community News Service
Publisher: The Black Panther PartyYear: 1971Volume Number: Vol. 5-28 January 9Format: PeriodicalCollection: Black Panther Party Community News Service
Cover Story: "In the spirit of revolutionary solidarity the Black Panther Party hereby offers to the National Liberation Frint and Provisional Revolutionary Government of South Vietnam an undetermined number of troops to assist you in your fight against American imperialism."
The Black Panther Black Community News Service The Black Panther Black Community News Service
Publisher: The Black Panther PartyYear: 1971Volume Number: Vol. 5-29 January 16Format: PeriodicalCollection: Black Panther Party Community News Service
Cover Story: You Can Kill a Revolutionary But You Can't Kill a Revolution.